[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Two reasons why Fox is losing viewers... Beck and Bill O’Reilly

[chickadee]

When people are unemployed or underemployed, they tend to cut back on things they don’t need . . . like cable TV.

[fish hawk]

B S

[ladyvet]

Shep, Whoraldo, Huckabee, more likely.

[PGR88]

Its gotta be O’Reilly. I could watch him before, but he seems to have gone off the deep-end with his simplistic explanations for everything. He also can’t let someone speak for more than 3 sentences without having to re-state the comment in his own words.

His constant search for, and whining about, “the speculators” who he believes are solely responsible for high gasoline prices is my exhibit A.

[edcoil]

PEWs Project for Excellence in Journalism - The 21st century joke.

We know “most” now get their news from the internet online.

I don’t want Fox any longer not because I don’t like anyone and I I want to see pictures I turn on Fox it is just that I have all the news I can handle via the net before I get home.

[Leonard210]

Yeah, ‘cause stuff never fluctuates.

[SF_Redux]

Fox News lost a whopping 11% of its prime time viewers (234,000 viewers), but that’s not even the worst performance of the cablers.

people are sick of O’Reily and Hannity

[US Navy Vet]

Yep they are RIGHT, I won’t believe it.

[aimhigh]

I find myself watching Fox less and less because the majority of the time it all advertising or teasers, no news.

[jersey117]

O’Reilly and Shep?

[Tea Party Reveler]

I don’t care if the world is ending and Fox goes off the air-—I won’t watch CNN.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Of course, you have to click through their stupid slideshow to find out that both CNN and HLN had WORSE drops in viewership, but they still have to lead with FoxNews in the headline.

[1000 silverlings]

not news— opinions, talking heads, BOring

[momtothree]

I have seen Fox change its format. They use to be way more hard hitting with little “fluff”. I can’t stand it in the mornings anymore. A few minutes of worthwhile news and then a segment about men hugging. Either that or Spring fashions, Hollywood gossip, barbecue tips... I do, however, watch Beck most nights.

[paulycy]

[rbg81]

I’m not sure its any of the above. People are deciding cable just isn’t worth it period. I ditched by cable TV and now just use my Roku box. No regrets.

[Red Badger]

Here of late, Fox seems more like the Book of the Month Club Channel............

[Abathar]

Add how many switch over to the FOX business channel though? A whole lot of people make the switch to get away from Shep, Huckabee and Beck from one FOX channel to the other if the hosts (like me) start getting on their nerves I bet. Look for even more people to make the switch now that Lou Dobbs is back on the air there.

[dforest]

Shemp-unwatchable
BOR-irritating
Whoraldo-attention whore
Hannity- ugh

Not to mention the fact they need to get some fresh faces and new shows in that evening lineup.

I also think people have tired of the panels of talking heads. They always have the same boring contributors.